Eric Garcetti Twitters. Do You Follow?

As we witness the beginning of a new American government that is more connected with its people than ever, and a President who said Yes I Will! keep my Blackberry, it’s interesting to see the connectivity trend on a local level with L.A. politicians.

Eric Garcetti, the Man Who Should be Mayor of Los Angeles, is arguably the best example of this. He’s connected. He wants to communicate with his fellow Angelenos. So, he Twitters. Not like Villaraigosa, who has his staff Twittering to collect Facebook friends. Eric Twitters to tell us WHAT HE’S DOING.

A few tweets from EG:

Yum yum banana pudding from Delilah Bakery. Now what to eat for dinner before heading back to work? about 17 hours ago from web

Calling in graffiti–them taggers sure like rainy weekend days for some reason. 1:24 PM Jan 25th from web

He lets you know that he’s working. Trying to get the little things done that make this a better city for all of us. While at the same time, reminding you that he’s just like us. Because everyone likes pudding.

After living in L.A. all of my life, as of next week I’ll finally have “Los Angeles” in my return address. And it turns out I’ll be in CD13. Guess I better follow Garcetti’s Tweets to find out where the best pudding is in my new ‘hood.

Evan, the love comes largely from Eric’s embracing of blogs and involving himself with online discussions. I disagree with him on plenty of stuff, but respect that he treats his constituency as peers and not as, well, constituents, is a rarity among public figures.